Stage, radio play and film music
Christopher Marlowe: Faust for chamber ensemble
Premiere: 1953
Kurt Tucholsky: Learn to laugh without crying for chamber ensemble
Premiere: 1959, Freiburg im Breisgau, Kleines Theater am Wallgraben
Karl Valentin: Monologues – Dialogues for chamber ensemble
Premiere: January 1962, Freiburg im Breisgau, Kleines Theater am Wallgraben
Stefan Zweig: The Transformed Comedian for chamber ensemble
Premiere: 1965
Adam Hörber: Rothenburg Master's Toast Festival music for 6 trumpets, 4 trombones, 4 horns and percussion
Premiere: 1973, Rothenburg ob der Tauber
In collaboration with Hermann Beyer at the Electronic Studio of the University of Music Würzburg:
William Shakespeare: King Lear for instruments and tape
Premiere: 1973, Würzburg, Municipal Theatre
Georg Büchner: Woyzeck for instruments and tape
Premiere: 21 November 1973, Würzburg, Stadttheater
As a freelancer for Südwestfunk Baden-Baden, Bertold Hummel was repeatedly commissioned to provide musical accompaniment for radio plays in the 1950s and 1960s. He either improvised himself on the then modern Cembalet or composed miniatures for small ensembles, which he recorded in the recording studio together with musician friends.
The following radio plays were released on vinyl by Calig-Verlag Freiburg i. Brsg. at the time:
Advent
A contemplative ceremony based on a design by Hans-Heiner Boelte (with colour photographs)
Director: Heiner Schmidt
Speakers: Maja Scholz, Kurt Lieck, Heiner Schmidt
Music: Bertold Hummel
Performers: Bertold Hummel, Matthias Scholz, Günter Theis
Graphics: Josef Ammann
CALIG 25210 HS 1210, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1962
Florentine and the pigeons
Story by James Krüss with slide series. Illustrations: Erika Meier-Albert.
Music: Bertold Hummel
Narrator: Horst Beilke
CALIG TB 114, Freiburg i. Brsg. 1962
Florentine and the shopkeeper
Story by James Krüss with slide series. Illustrations by Erika Meier-Albert.
Music: Bertold Hummel
Narrator: Horst Beilke
CALIG TB 115, Freiburg i. Brsg. 1962
The Way of the Cross
Poem cycle by Paul Claudel (translated by Hans Urs von Balthasar)
Director: Manfred Schradi
Narrators: Melanie de Graaf, A. Michael Rueffer
Music: Bertold Hummel.
CALIG CAL 30202 Stereo, Freiburg i. Brsg. 1963
Passion
An audio series by Werner Gleichmann (with colour photographs)
Director: Heiner Schmidt
Narrators: Ursula Langrock, Heiner Schmidt, Wilhelm Kürten, Ludwig Thiesen, Kurt Ebbinghaus, Horst-Werner Loos
Music: Bertold Hummel
Performers: Bertold Hummel, Matthias Scholz, Frieder Stoll
Graphics: Josef Ammann
CALIG HS 1210, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1963
The Play of the Holy Child
An Alemannic nativity play by Anton Zink, 1964
Director: Wolfgang Leppert
Narrators: Klärli Menzel, Anton Zink, Josef Weh, Hans Schneider, Wolfram Schlabach, Michael Maier, Heiner Schmidt
Music: Bertold Hummel
Performers: Edith Klein, Bertold Hummel, Matthias Scholz, Anton Stingl, Günther Theis, Günter Willi Willmann
CALIG CAL 30502, Freiburg i. Brsg. 1964
Between 1951 and 1963, Bertold Hummel composed the soundtracks for various cultural films, which were produced at the E.E.A. Krafft-Film GmbH film studio in Freiburg with producers Michael Kalmus and Dr. Raimund Kaufmann, among others. Researching these films is proving very difficult. Films nos. 10, 11, 12, 13 and 15 are located in the Federal Film Archive in Koblenz. However, for conservation reasons, only no. 10 can be used. Film no. 3 about H. Matisse can be borrowed from the Passau Municipal Media Centre. If you have any information about the whereabouts of the other films, we would be very grateful if you could let us know!
1. In the magical land of love
BR Germany 1950/1951
Short documentary film
Screenplay Kurt Kusenberg
Cinematography Klaus von Rautenfeld
Director Anton Weber
Production company E.E.A. Krafft-Film GmbH (Freiburg/Br.)
2. Water, myth of an element
BR Germany 1950-1952, short documentary film
Screenplay Kurt Kusenberg
3. Henri Matisse (1950)
Artistic director: Francois Campaux
German adaptation of the original French film "Matisse. Un grand peintre français" 1946 Anton Weber
Production company E.E.A. Krafft-Film GmbH (Freiburg/Br.)
4. The gateway to the Black Forest
BR Germany 1955, short documentary film
Director Caspar van den Berg
Production company Dr. Walter Weill-Thomsen (Maximiliansau/Rheinpfalz)
5. The hard times for game
West Germany 1959, short documentary film
Director Anne Fuchs
Production company Wilhelm Schirmer Kulturfilmproduktion und -Vertrieb (Cologne)
6. At the frog pond
BR Germany 1959, short documentary film
Director Walter Buck
Production company Wilhelm Schirmer Kulturfilmproduktion und -Vertrieb (Cologne)
7. An astronomical telescope (1959)
Production company E.E.A. Krafft-Film GmbH (Freiburg/Br.)
8. In the chamois territory
BR Germany 1959/1960, short documentary film
Director Hartwig Hofherr
Production company Julius Hofherr, Filmproduktion (Buchau a. F./Württemberg)
9. From head to head
West Germany 1960, short documentary film
Director Anton Weber
Editing Roland Dröscher
Production company E.E.A. Krafft-Film GmbH (Freiburg/Br.)
10. Old iron
BR Germany 1961, short documentary film
Camera Roland Hehn
Director Anton Weber
Editing Roland Dröscher
Production company E.E.A. Krafft-Film GmbH (Freiburg/Br.)
11. A Summer Afternoon Working title: Träger Nachmittag (1962)
BR Germany 1961/1962, short documentary film
Camera Roland Hehn
Director Anton Weber
Editing Roland Dröscher
Production company E.E.A. Krafft-Film GmbH (Freiburg/Br.)
12. From manuscript to book (1962)
Production company E.E.A. Krafft-Film GmbH (Freiburg/Br.)
13. Market in Freiburg in the city (or: Market at the cathedral) (1963 or 1962?)
Production company E.E.A. Krafft-Film GmbH (Freiburg/Br.)
14. Building illusions
West Germany 1962/1963, short documentary film
Director Anton Weber
Cinematography Roland Dröscher
Production company E.E.A. Krafft-Film GmbH (Freiburg/Br.)
15. Freed from the Ice (1963)
16. At the fairground, possibly also under the title: Budenzauber (1964)
West Germany 1964, short documentary film
Director Roland Dröscher
Production company E.E.A. Krafft-Film GmbH (Freiburg/Br.)
17. Winter – Pictures to Vivaldi Op. VIII (1964)
Director Anton Weber
Production company E.E.A. Krafft-Film GmbH (Freiburg/Br.)
Bertold Hummel composed the scores for the films Israel (1961) and Achtung: Wenden! (Original title: Paré à virer, 1956).
